{"id":45562,"date":"2022-03-02T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=45562"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T23:53:50","slug":"hitting-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=45562","title":{"rendered":"HITTING PAUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ktlfwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqlrmsrpv_nwpqddfyfnqptpypfqrp.html?a=&amp;b=47617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ktlfwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqlrmsrpv_nwpqddfyfnqptpypfqrp.html?a%3D%26b%3D47617&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1646349709195000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1gWtCdHs_zp0CtrK1JMxqZ\">pausing all projects<\/a>\u00a0and acquisitions based in Russia as Moscow continues its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>A Netflix spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday that the streaming service is pausing \u201call future projects and acquisitions from Russia while we assess the impact of the current events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company had four Russian-language series in production and post-production stages, according to the spokesperson: &#8220;Anna K&#8221; and &#8220;Nothing Special,&#8221; both of which finished filming in December 2021; &#8220;ZATO,&#8221; which has since been paused; and one other untitled product that is \u201cwrapping shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>AND ROKU\u2019S RESPONSE<\/h4>\n<p>Roku will join several other technology-related companies in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/kppfwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqlrmsrpd_nwpqddfyfnqptpypfqrp.html?a=&amp;b=47617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/kppfwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqlrmsrpd_nwpqddfyfnqptpypfqrp.html?a%3D%26b%3D47617&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1646349709195000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0BZ1KgPUIeiTx_VLCl-DWs\">imposing a ban<\/a>\u00a0on Russian state-controlled media\u00a0over the nation&#8217;s invasion of\u00a0Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming media company will remove Russia Today, a state-owned television network, from its Channel Store globally, a Roku spokesperson said Tuesday after already imposing the restriction in Europe on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In Russia, independent media and news organizations that have been critical of\u00a0the attack on Ukraine have reportedly been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ucmmvzybchhsjzjhsgnccsmmcyskhyhddfcbzpkhgwfgcm_nwpqddfyfnqptpypfqrp.html?a=&amp;b=47617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ucmmvzybchhsjzjhsgnccsmmcyskhyhddfcbzpkhgwfgcm_nwpqddfyfnqptpypfqrp.html?a%3D%26b%3D47617&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1646349709195000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ZBkAfdwR3h5F0Ygyk9o0B\">removed from the air<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix is\u00a0pausing all projects\u00a0and acquisitions based&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45564,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45562\/revisions\/45564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}